With the Liberals distracted,the teals quietly snuck up in this blue-ribbon seat

With the Liberals distracted,the teals quietly snuck up in this blue-ribbon seat

It is one of the Liberals’ safest Victorian seats,but suddenly the electorate of Flinders is in play.

  • byKieran Rooney

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Gaetano Greco,veteran inner-north councillor,dies aged 65

Gaetano Greco,veteran inner-north councillor,dies aged 65

Greco had been serving his 17th year on Darebin council in Melbourne’s inner-north and was known for his tireless community advocacy.

  • byRachael Dexter
Lord mayor lashes electoral watchdog over lack of early voting centres

Lord mayor lashes electoral watchdog over lack of early voting centres

Despite a steep rise in early voting,there are no pre-polling booths in Melbourne’s CBD.

  • byCarla Jaeger
Neo-Nazis’ Anzac Day taunts unlikely to breach hate-speech law,experts say

Neo-Nazis’ Anzac Day taunts unlikely to breach hate-speech law,experts say

National outrage over white supremacists’ booing at Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance has sparked debate about whether Victoria’s beefed-up anti-vilification legislation could be used to punish the agitators.

  • byRachel Eddie,Brittany Busch,Sherryn Groch andLachlan Abbott
Police invoke powers to unmask disruptors as women’s rights rally returns to scene of neo-Nazi stunt

Police invoke powers to unmask disruptors as women’s rights rally returns to scene of neo-Nazi stunt

Tough search-and-arrest powers will be in force on Saturday around state parliament,where trans-rights activists plan to disrupt a women’s rights rally which last year was crashed by right-wing extremists.

  • byChip Le Grand
Three contributions to the nation’s collective memory
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Anzac Day

Three contributions to the nation’s collective memory

We all have a duty to remember the stories of the brutal reality of war and the lives lost on all sides of historic conflicts.

  • byPatrick Elligett
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ANZAC Day 2025
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ANZAC Day 2025

Thousands of people have attended Anzac Day services around Australia.

Police receive IBAC report into deputy commissioner’s road rage complaint

Police receive IBAC report into deputy commissioner’s road rage complaint

It is uncertain whether Deputy Commissioner Neil Paterson will face an internal disciplinary process as a result of the document,given his contract is due to end in July.

  • byKieran Rooney
Pro-Palestine group sends teachers classroom guide challenging ‘Anzac mythology’

Pro-Palestine group sends teachers classroom guide challenging ‘Anzac mythology’

Teachers for Palestine want schoolchildren taught about Australian soldiers acting as “enforcers of Empire” in post-WWI Egypt.

  • byAlex Crowe andNoel Towell
Citizens,Trumpets,Hearts:A guide to the Victorian Senate ballot

Citizens,Trumpets,Hearts:A guide to the Victorian Senate ballot

Some minor and micro-parties are exactly what they say on the tin. Others need a little more explaining.

  • byRachel Eddie andHannah Hammoud
Fake reviews,a bewildered family:Following the threads of a candidate’s business empire

Fake reviews,a bewildered family:Following the threads of a candidate’s business empire

A Liberal candidate in suburban Melbourne paints himself as a successful “small businessman”. I started looking into his businesses,and found some very surprising results.

  • byCharlotte Grieve